The ISO 22301 BCM standard and its forgotten children

With the release of ISO 22301 in May 2012, it was recognised that there was a requirement for a global standard for business continuity management (BCM). Now for the first time, there is an International Standard for business continuity management.

Many people often comment on ISO 22301 but never mention the other members of the ISO 22300 family of standards (or the ‘forgotten children’ as I like to call them!). There are in fact seven published standards in the ISO 22300 family of standards (as of spring 2013).

Here is a list of the standards available in the ISO 22300 family that should be in any BCM professional’s library:

ISO 22398 – Societal Security – Guidelines for Exercises – ISO 22398 is currently in the final stages of being published and should be released soon. It gives guidance on how to conduct business continuity exercises and testing.

If you have only procured a copy of ISO 22301 so far, there are so many other standards in the ISO 22300 family that could really benefit you.